Muchall George William StuartBritishSecond Lieutenant2nd Bn. King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment3312 june 1881 , Orford Barracks, Warrington10 may 1915Son of the late Colour Sergeant William Angus Muchall He married , 6 january 1906 at Scotforth Church Lancaster, Elizabeth Jackson, and lived at 10, Grange St., Bare, Morecambe, Lancs.​He left three children :- William J. , born 18 february 1907- George , born 13 august 1914​- Lilian M. , born 6 april 1911

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4 january 1901August 1914​25 december 19149 january 191510 may 1915

Enlisted in the King's Own Royal Lancaster RegimentWas serving with his Regiment in India when the War broke out.He came home with his Regiment reaching England at ChristmasGiven a commission as Second Lieutenant in the 2nd ​King's Own Royal Lancaster RegimentKilled in action at Frezenberg Ridge

He was three years Battalion Champion shot and in 1909 he won the J.H. Steward Jewel for judging distance at Bisley and was fourth in the grand aggregate.

Gazetted Second Lieutenant to the Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry from the Royal Field ArtilleryPromoted LieutenantProceeded to France​Killed in action at Ypres while leading his company in an attack.​He was buried near Ypres on the road to St. Julien and Poelcapelle.

Lieutenant Colonel Davies , in command of the 2nd Bn/ wrote :' He will be a great loss to us both personally and as a soldier.He died gallantly doing his duty in leading his men on to the attack.'

Joined the Black Watch Militia​Gazetted Second Lieutenant to the Coldstream GuardsServed in the South African Campaign and took part in the operations at Cape Colony in May.Received the Queen's medal with two claspsPromoted Lieutenant

Aide-de- Camp to High Commissioner and Commander-in- Chief , Northern Nigeria​Subsequently to Governor and Commander-in-Chief , Northern NigeriaSubsequently to Governor of East African Protectorate when he resigned his commission to take up farming, and the breeding and training of horses there.​On the outbreak of War he returned to England​Rejoined the Coldstream Guards at WindsorLeft with his Regiment for FranceKilled in action when leading an attack on Poezelhoek

Murray DavidScottishSergeant1st/5th Bn. Gordon Highlanders3311 november 1883 , Newmachar , Aberdeenshire31 july 1917Third son of David Murray and Mary Ann Lamont or Murray, of 78, Blenheim Place, AberdeenSingleEducated at Newmachar Public School and the Civil Service Training College , AberdeenWas for some years on the staff of the local Post Office.After passing the Civil Service Examination, became a sorter in the Head Office , AberdeenYpres Menin Gate MemorialAddenda Panel 57

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22 march 1900August 1914​1 march 1915​1 May - October 1915

​November 191631 july 1917

Joined the 5th Battalion Gordon HHighlandersWas called up on the outbreak of WarServed in France and FlandersObtained a first-class certificate in musketry and gained the Gold Medal for Club shooting, being twice in the King's Forty at Aberdeen Wapenshaw.Returned to England and asted as Regimental Sergeant Major in the Gordon HighlandersSent again to France ​Killed in action at YpresBuried two miles north of Ypres and 5 miles northeast of Poperinghe.

His Chaplain wrote :'Sergeant Murray was a very gallant soldier , who ever did his duty , and who died faithful to the very end '

Another Officer wrote :' He had been my Platoon Sergeant for five short weeks, and during that time I had grown to admire and respect him.Always devoted to duty , he set and example to all NCO's and men under him, which they might well have followed.​His loss is mourned by the officers and men of his company alike, for in him each one had a friend."

Gazetted 2nd Lieutenant to the 12th Lancers from the MilitiaPromoted LieutenantServed in the South African War, 1899-1902, taking part in the operations in the Transvaal and Cape Colony for which he received the Queen's medal with 5 clasps.Promoted Captain In Flanders , he was shot through the heart in the trenches at Wijtschaete , between St. Eloi and Messines.Immediately after he fell , the 12th Lancers , where obliged to abandon their trenches .His body was never recovered.He was a member of the Cavalry club and his recreations were polo, hunting and big-game shooting.

Murray Johan Greenleaf WhittierScottishPrivate4th Bn. Gordon Highlanders201 october 1894 , Aberdeen25 september 1915Second son of John and Barabra B. Murrays of 8, Thomson St., Aberdeen.​SingleEducated at Mile End School and Robert Gordon's College , Aberdeen (1907-10)

Enlisted at the first call for recruits and trained at Hull and Newcastle​Left for FranceWent straight up to the trenches and took part in the Second battle of Ypres, in which his Battalion sustained heavy casualties and was subsequently complimentetd by Sir John French on the gallantry it had displayed.Accidentally shot by one of his own comrades in the trenches near Ypres.

Captain Wilkinson W.T. wrote expressing the deep sorrow of himself and the battalion , at the loss of ' so fearless - and gallant soldier '